I hadn't even considered the possibility that your amp might not be powerful enough to distinguish the differences. I just spent the day listening with my Monolith THX amp, and with about 30% of the songs I heard - I came away feeling that the sound was too harsh to be a pleasant listen...

I understand the need for objective A/B testing. Even better than A/B testing like you suggest which is still prone to subjective bias - are measurements. I've seen a few people post measurements before and after. This is just the first plot I found after seeing your post...

I just learned this morning how important the grill mod is to making these headphones sound their best. I previously did the grill mod with honeycomb grills I bought off EBAY, but did it at the same time as swapping amps and cables - so I wasn't able to determine how much difference the grills...

Yeah, I should stress that if people want to test their vintage speaker amps, that they look up the detailed instructions online first. I didn't want to make my post too long.

This may be obvious, but I just learned that if you buy a vintage amplifier, you're probably going to want to check the DC offset of the speaker jacks before connecting expensive equipment to it. There's detailed instructions online, but basically it involves connecting a voltmeter to the...

So I've had a heck of a fun time trying different amps to drive my He6Se v2. I've never seen a headphone's character change as much as this has when swapping amps! It's kind of crazy. I read someone say that the veil drops off with more power - but I think the story is more complicated than...

Ha ha, just my luck. I had just ordered a Saga plus a couple days ago and have been waiting for it to arrive. It now costs $300 instead of $400. Not wanting to miss a sale price - I just ordered another, and asked if this order can be cancelled and the original price adjusted. It's funny - I...

Has anyone else tried an inexpensive Sony Receiver with their He6 or He6Se? I'm enjoying the heck out of a Sony STRDH190 with a speaker tap adapter I made. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-stereo-receiver/ I know audiosciencereview didn't like it - because theirs blew up at max...

Per a couple of my previous posts - I was looking for a value speaker amp to supplement my THX 887 headphone amp. Besides the Emotiva - I was recommended to go the vintage speaker amp route. When I did my research though I was concerned about aging capacitors and not knowing which amps were...

I know you weren't asking me, but they look like the ones I just ordered from ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/265910537419?var=565743132528 I'm going to glue them to speaker cloth since I don't want dust getting in there.

Do you own a THX amp now? Can you comment on how resolving your Crown amp is versus the THX? I have a THX, and am not sure I'm willing to trade the better tone for all the microdetail these pick up.

After a week of listening as is, I decided to check my Adorama V2 for the driver damage reported on this thread. The retaining rings came off fairly easily enough, but one snapped in half in the process. A good thing that hifiman sells replacements for $10. Hopefully they get here soon...

I finally bought a hifiman 6SE V2 last week, I couldn't resist the $450 sale price - though I definitely didn't need them. :) I've been listening to them through a Monoprice THX 887 amp and am really enjoying them. I've read a lot of posts on here saying the 887 can't properly drive them, so...

I'm guessing you mean a $10 discount? They appear to be $79 normally at Amazon.

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